See -head in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nsubstratebor.?\nProto-Indo-European *kap-?\nProto-Indo-European *kap-\nProto-Indo-European *káput\nProto-Germanic *haubudą\nOld English hēafod\nMiddle English heed\nEnglish headder.\nEnglish -head\nCombining form of the noun head.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-heads",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "s"
},
"expansion": "-head (noun-forming suffix, plural -heads)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English derogatory terms"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "motor + -head → motorhead",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "pot + -head → pothead",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to form words for people who regularly have their mind focused upon a particular subject, activity, or a specified drug or other substance, or who are addicted in some way."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sometimes derogatory) Used to form words for people who regularly have their mind focused upon a particular subject, activity, or a specified drug or other substance, or who are addicted in some way."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"morpheme",
"sometimes"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "jazz + -head → jazzhead",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "metal + -head → metalhead",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Beatle + -head → Beatlehead",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to form words to describe people who are dedicated fans of something, especially music."
],
"links": [
[
"fan",
"fan#English"
],
[
"music",
"music#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English derogatory terms"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "block + -head → blockhead",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "shit + -head → shithead",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "geek + -head → geekhead",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used with other words to form generic insults or epithets to indicate stupidity."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"epithet",
"epithet#English"
],
[
"stupidity",
"stupidity#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(derogatory) Used with other words to form generic insults or epithets to indicate stupidity."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-head"
}
Download raw JSONL data for -head meaning in English (10.7kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: noun-forming suffix",
"path": [
"-head"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "suffix",
"title": "-head",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: noun-forming suffix",
"path": [
"-head"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "suffix",
"title": "-head",
"trace": ""
}
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